9^ By the Njiri Lakes 



and, iKJt knowing how many others there might be to 

 deal with, I also took to (light. 



As may be imagined, flight was no easy thing, either 

 for my men or for m_\self, waist-deep in water. When we 

 got to a shallower part I tried to rally my mc-n, but failed 

 completely, so great was their alarm. On the bank, 

 however, I took counsel with some of my Masai, and 



WE MARCHED FOR IIOUK Alll'.K lliiTk IHROL'GH 'lllE INUNHAIEU SWAMPS 



presently came to the conclusion that it was not crocodiles 

 that had h'ightened us, but huge snakes. Again I 

 approached the spot where we had encountereil them, and 

 by dint of much exertion succeeded in killing three 

 pythons — tor such they were — of extraordinary size. 

 1 hev had been alter the eofo^s of the marsh-birds and the 

 birds themselves. 



Here it was ver\' enjoyable to take up one's position of 



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